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Nepal

Dhading, January 20
A bandh called by locals threw life out of gear in Nuwakot. People affected by the Galchhi-Trishuli-Mailung-Safrubesi-Rasuwagadi road upgradation project in the district today called a bandh demanding compensation for the land acquired for the project.
Locals were furio...

Lifestyle

GENEVA: Christie's sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction Tuesday for more than $50 million including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond.
Christie's said renowned jeweler Harry Winston was the buyer. The auction house had expected to fetch $30 million t...

Sports

Dortmund are six points ahead of Bayern
Glabdach in third after win at Leverkusen
BERLIN: Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund narrowly beat RB Leipzig 1-0 on Saturday courtesy of Axel Witsel's first half winner, to protect their six point lead over champions Bayern Munich at the r...

Fashion

NAIROBI, KENYA: A groundbreaking beauty pageant for people with albinism has encouraged confidence and inclusion for people who remain the target of sometimes deadly stigma in Africa.
The first Mr. and Miss Albinism East Africa pageant on Friday night in Kenya’s capital saw participants fro...

Education

BOSTON: The latest crop of US Rhodes scholars has more women than any other single class, and almost half of this year’s recipients of the prestigious scholarship to Oxford University in England are either immigrants or first-generation Americans, the Rhodes Trust announced Sunday.
Among th...

Oddities

LAKIYA: On Hadra al-Faqira’s wedding anniversary, just weeks after she gave birth to a daughter, her husband walked out and took a second wife.
She hasn’t seen him since he moved down the road in their dusty Bedouin town and started a new family, with seven more children.
“I can’t ...